A homeless man must pay £600 compensation after causing damage at a hostel when evicted.

City magistrates heard that the total repair bill was £2,158 but Adrian Marshall claimed other tenants were partly to blame.

The father-of-four was put on probation for a year and must attend 30 one-day sessions to help keep him out of trouble. He admitted causing criminal damage at Colwick on July 25 and assaulting a police officer in the execution of his duty.